Locking Stifle in my 18 month filly (Also in NL and Breeding)

[nic85]

Morning all,

My 18 month old filly came out of her stable this morning stiff on her right hind, she wasnt standing on it properly and when I tried to pick her left hind up to pick out her foot she wasnt overly comfortable to balance on her right hind.
Took her rug off and walked her around the school and you could see it was her stifle causing her problems, not that much that she couldnt spook and shoot forward mind, but every so often she would struggle to bring her hind leg forward.

She was out 24/7 over summer and only came in at night end of Oct begining of Nov. She lost a bit of weight towards the end of Oct due to getting cold, she is now rugged and getting 2 small feeds a day of Pasture mix and Apple chaff and 2-3 sections of hay over night with daily turnout...now she has put the weight back on/filled out alot could this be a factor to her locking stifle? I have cut her breakfast down to a handful of each as she gets daily turnout from 6am til about 3-4pm. She stands approx 15.2hh.

What can I do for her? Ive only dealt with locking stifles in 1 pony and that was years ago....all I can remember was she had lots of turnout!! Any help/advice/suggestions welcome!!!

Thanks

 

[equinim]

i have a filly with locking stifle from stabled in bad weather 2 years ago.
when bad i got a tube of analgesic from vet to give her .
best routine is out 24/7 if poss and only stable when really cold weather pm.
need to get muscle on to strehthen up muscles.
feed a joint supplement i find blue chip dynamic is great
she now not had it for few months but she never stabled for long periods

 

[Chunkie]

I understand this is not unusual in youngsters, but agree with equinim that living out would be much better for her.

My mare had this when she was 11 (in connection with another injury I didn't know about at the time). She lives out anyway and with no treatment - although I stopped riding her for three months as it was winter anyway - it had gone within four weeks of the first time it happened.